About the studio
Four architects in Leipzig-Plagwitz, led by Jana Krüger, drawing timber homes, attic conversions and small multi-family houses in cross-laminated timber.
Meet the teamSmall on purpose
What we draw
Timber homes, attic conversions and small multi-family houses. Buildings of a size where the architect who sketched the first line is still at the site meeting when the last panel is lifted.
What we build in
Cross-laminated timber, left visible wherever the room allows it. Spruce on the inside, vertical larch on the outside, and as little in between as the building physics permit.
The team
Four architects share one studio table and one set of models. Every project is drawn by a pair and questioned by the other two.
Jana Krüger
Leads the studio and every design review. Sets the brief with each client and stays with the project from first sketch to handover.
Three architects
Design, detail and site supervision are shared between them: from the first massing model to the joint where board meets window reveal.
How we build
We start with the timber and work outwards. The panel sets the grid, the grid sets the rooms.
Drawn once, cut precisely
Walls, floors and roofs are planned as CLT panels, so the drawing is the cutting list.
Left visible
Where fire and acoustic rules allow, the spruce stays bare. Fewer layers, fewer surprises.
Plagwitz is our street
Brick factories, a canal and trees: the studio sits in the neighbourhood we keep adding timber to.
Planning a timber house?
Tell us about the plot, the roof or the family that will live there. Jana Krüger replies personally.
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